[Bug 57543] New: Give a fatal error when installing files on a EXFAT or NTFS filesystem
https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57543 Bug ID: 57543 Summary: Give a fatal error when installing files on a EXFAT or NTFS filesystem Product: Wine Version: unspecified Hardware: x86-64 OS: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: -unknown Assignee: wine-bugs(a)winehq.org Reporter: janfolder(a)outlook.com Distribution: --- Hello Wine, Please give a fatal error when installing files or Windows programs on an EXFAT or NTFS filesystem. EXFAT and NTFS do not support the colon character in filenames and do not support symbolic links. I spent 2 days trying to install world of warcraft on Linux on an EXFAT formatted drive. It failed while mentioning that the AppData environment variable was empty. Luckily, while investigating this AppData error message, a note on the filesystem format came to my attention. The requirement for Windows applications to be installed on EXT4 filesystems. Now World of Warcraft executes properly <3! I can migrate from Windows 10 to Linux. Thank you for providing Wine for Linux! Marcel -- Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57543 Marcel <janfolder(a)outlook.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary|Give a fatal error when |Give a fatal error when |installing files on a EXFAT |installing files on an |or NTFS filesystem |EXFAT or NTFS filesystem -- Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57543 F H <francisco278herrera(a)gmail.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |francisco278herrera(a)gmail.c | |om --- Comment #1 from F H <francisco278herrera(a)gmail.com> --- Installing files is just like copying files, so maybe it could throw a fatal error if symlinks or colons are attempted to be used in one of those filesystems -- Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57543 Austin English <austinenglish(a)gmail.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |austinenglish(a)gmail.com -- Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57543 Damjan Jovanovic <damjan.jov(a)gmail.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ever confirmed|0 |1 Status|UNCONFIRMED |NEW CC| |damjan.jov(a)gmail.com --- Comment #2 from Damjan Jovanovic <damjan.jov(a)gmail.com> --- Yes, the WINEPREFIX must be on a *nix filesystem, NTFS or FAT cannot be used. In bug 56267 another user had the same problem. This is an important usability issue, we should have better error reporting. -- Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57543 --- Comment #3 from Marcel <janfolder(a)outlook.com> --- Urgence of this feature request October 2025 Windows 10 support is ended by Microsoft. Personally by then I move all my remaining machines to Linux and start using Wine more. I expect more people will move to Linux starting October 2025. They will often want to run a Windows binary for games and rare apps they already have installed on an NTFS disk. So a proper error message that NTFS execution is not supported seems helpful for those people migrating to Linux from Windows 10. I recommend adding this fatal error message when either running or installing a game or app on an EXFAT os NTFS file system before October 2025. -- Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
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